Insights and Stories on Thunder Bay

Thunder Bay sees increased port traffic to start season

May. 5, 2020 at 6:58 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — The Port of Thunder Bay reports “a surge in grain throughput” as the global COVID-19 pandemic has led to tight grain supplies in some countries and an increase in demand. Grain moved through Thunder Bay, on the northern shore of Lake Superior, is loaded onto “laker” vessels that […]

Port of Thunder Bay resumes shipping grain

Mar. 30, 2020 at 2:57 pm CDT

By GFM Staff

Tighter supplies, solid demand underpin durum bids

Jan. 20, 2020 at 4:32 pm CST

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Thunder Bay wraps up active shipping season

Jan. 15, 2020 at 1:03 am CST

By MarketsFarm Team

Canola shipments boost Thunder Bay port activity

Oct. 4, 2019 at 7:23 pm CDT

By MarketsFarm Team

Oil on rail likely won’t interfere with grain movements

Jan. 11, 2019 at 7:56 pm CST

CNS Canada — When considering the pattern of how grain is shipped by rail in Canada, it’s very unlikely increased oil shipments would interfere, according to Quorum Corp. “That’s largely because the flow of grain is predominantly to the West Coast and Thunder Bay,” said Quorum president Mark Hemmes. About […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

No big problems seen in grain transportation so far

Nov. 27, 2018 at 8:20 pm CST

CNS Canada — It’s so far, so good with grain shipments to the three major Canadian ports according, to a spokesperson with Quorum Corporation, which compiles weekly performance updates on Canada’s grain handling sector. The spokesperson said there not have been any big problems recently, only a few sporadic instances […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Grain vessel lineup rising at Vancouver

Oct. 3, 2018 at 9:08 pm CDT

CNS Canada — The lineup of grain vessels waiting for loading at Vancouver increased to 21 for Week 8 of the grain shipping season. Reports by Quorum Corp., which monitors Prairie grain handling, stated vessels at Vancouver were up 31 per cent from the previous week (17). The increase in […]

By MarketsFarm Team

Lakehead University to operate Thunder Bay ag station

Dec. 31, 2017 at 2:35 am CST

The not-for-profit Thunder Bay Agricultural Research Station’s quest for a longer-term operating plan has ended with a new operator, and a new name. The Ontario government recently announced it will transfer the TBARS’s operating and research programming responsibilities to Thunder Bay-based Lakehead University, which will now operate the site as […]

By Staff

Thunder Bay expects more activity beyond sluggish start

Jun. 8, 2016 at 2:19 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Since the Port of Thunder Bay’s season opening, its grain handle has been slower compared with previous years, but the port’s CEO says this year is a reversion to normal. The northern Lake Superior port started shipping on March 26, and as of May 31 has moved […]

By Jade Markus

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